Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Alpha Ethan’s POV

The moment she collapsed, something inside me snapped in half.

trushed forward, falling to my knees beside her as blood poured from her abdomen, soaking the stone floor of the hall outside the cell. Her breath was shallow, her face ghostly pale, her eyes fluttering shut.

“No–Raven, stay with me!” I shouted, pressing both hands to her wound, trying to slow the bleeding. “Get the healer! NOW!”

The guards exchanged glances, frozen, until I growled low and feral, my wolf dangerously close to the surface.

One ran off. The other just stood there. When he returned not two minutes later, his face was pale.

I held her hands as I held myself from crying I couldn’t understand why I was so concerned about her dieing I had fought wars and seen people die, and have killed without regrets but this it was different I haven’t felt this in my lifetime not even when Olivia my Luna was injured

“There’s… there’s no healer available, Alpha,” the guard said snapping m3 out of my thoughts he stammered. “The border raid–injured wolves are being treated. All hands are there.”

My vision swam. I looked back at Raven. Her blood coated my hands, my forearms. Too much. This wasn’t a cut. This was life pouring out of her.

And I couldn’t bare to see her die maybe because I wasn’t done with her yet maybe because I haven’t made her life miserable enough so she has no right to die unless I say so

“Raven… don’t…” My voice broke. “Please. Not like this.”

But it was then–just as I was about to lose her–that the door burst open behind me, and in came Elisa.

She stopped dead, her sharp intake of breath echoing through the corridor. “What the hell happened?” she demanded, running over.

I didn’t know what to say. How could I explain this?

She dropped beside me. Her hands moved with calm precision as she tore off her cloak and pressed it over Raven’s wound.

“Help me!” she snapped at the frozen guard. “Get more cloth! Something clean!”

“She tried to kill herself,” I finally said hoarsely. “I think her… she meant it.”

Elisa’s face twisted with disbelief. “Why would she-?” Her voice caught mid–sentence, and then I saw it. The moment she understood.

Her eyes narrowed on me.

“What did you do to her?”

“Elisa-”

“No. What did you do, Ethan?”

I looked away. I couldn’t say it. Not out loud. But my silence was an answer in itself.

“She’s a maid,” I said. “She pushed Olivia. Olivia hit her head. She’s in a coma because of it.”

“And that justified this?” Elisa’s voice rose, trembling with rage. “What did you do to her?”

I swallowed the lump in my throat.

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Chapter 68

“… Fordered the guards to… to teach her a lesson.” My voice cracked. “Three of them. I thought if she knew what it meant to touch a Luna…”

Elisa gasped. “You’re sick.”

“I never thought she would-“1 tried to explain. “She wasn’t supposed to… to do this.”

*She was a maid, Ethan!” she shouted. “She was powerless, and you gave permission for three wolves to violate her? And you’re surprised she wanted to die?.”

Guilt struck like a blade to the chest. I had never said the words out loud. I had never truly let myself realize what I had done. I told myself it was justice. Pack discipline. But now…

Now I saw the truth in the pool of her blood.

Elisa’s hands trembled, but she kept pressing against the wound. “I know someone. A healer. She’s not from our pack, but she’s the best I know. She owes me.”

“Then call her,” I said quickly.

“She doesn’t trust phones,” Elisa snapped. “I have to take Raven to her.”

“That’s outside the pack. I can’t allow-”

“I don’t care what you allow.” Her voice dropped to a cold whisper. “You lost the right to make decisions for her the moment you chose brutality over leadership. I’m taking her. I’m going to try to save the life you nearly destroyed.”

“Elisa-”

“She was kind to me, Ethan. Even when no one else looked twice. She never treated me like an ornament or a burden. You treated her like dirt because you thought no one would care if she broke. But I care.”

Her words hit harder than any punch.

I couldn’t speak.

She turned to the guards. “Get a car. Now.”

They rushed off without hesitation, and together we lifted Raven’s Иmp body. I held her legs, Elisa her shoulders. She was so light. Too light. My wolf whined inside me, pacing with frantic sorrow.

As we drove through the eastern forest path, I stared out the window, silent. My hands were still stained red. My thoughts darker than I could admit.

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